About THE YAHOO! 2007 MAIL FLASH ... is it really yahoo?

Question

i recieved an email from yahoo ( i am not sure ) after an SMS saying i won 9500 $ ..and i thought about asking if its true

i have to supmt my info to VeriSign which is a trusted digital notarization system .. or is it all a scam

this is the email i got :

CONGRATULATIONS: You have won $9,500 (Nine thousand five hundred US dollars) in the Yahoo! 2007 Mail Flash. Your telephone number sequence was electronically selected for the Yahoo! Mail Flash on the Yahoo! regional telephone code extraction database on Monday, 12 February 2007 01:03:33. Read through page to validate.

No processing/registration charges or any form of financial payments should be made to Yahoo! or any of it's affiliated consultants in the U.S, the programme is FREE.

The Yahoo! 2007 Mail Flash prize is shipped to recipients only as Cashier's cheques. Your banking/other personal financial information not required (Your Credit Card information is not required).

Answer 1

Nope, it's a scam.

Answer 2

i have received this mail too after i received a SMS? i really i would like to know if this is a scam mail?

today also i got a SMS that i have to donate 5% from the winning prize before the shipment of the prize

Answer 3

That is most definitely a scam, it appears to be one of the Nigerian casheirs check scams. The check looks real but it is fake, and you will be fined.